FA Cup fever...

All eyes are of course on Wembley this morning as City’s FA Cup semi-final with Chelsea ebbs ever closer.

The countdown to kick-off has already begun and the papers are trying to predict who will feature in the starting line-ups, with particular attention devoted to Blues’ midfield maestro David Silva.

“Without the 27-year-old playmaker, signed for £24 million by Mancini from Valencia after the 2010 World Cup finals, City are not the same team. When he plays; they play,” claims The Telegraph’s Jason Burt.

“He is the highly refined oil in their machine and City will desperately hope that he is able to shrug off a hamstring problem that affected him during the impressive 2-1 win at Manchester United on Monday so that he can feature in the semi-final at Wembley against Chelsea today.”

“Chelsea’s record in the FA Cup is second to none in recent years, winning the trophy in four of the last six seasons, including last year,” the website reports.

“Roberto Mancini’s side though are bidding for a third trophy in three years; it may not be the Champions League or Premier League, but fans with long memories of nothing but failure will settle for that.”

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